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CaRMS taxon detailsMolva molva (Linnaeus, 1758)
126461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126461)
accepted
Species
marine,
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors 
Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada.
Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126461 on 2026-01-11
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126461 on 2026-01-11
Date action by
original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] context source (Schelde) Breine, J.; Van Thuyne, G. (2014). Opvolging van het visbestand in de Zeeschelde: Viscampagnes 2013. <em>Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.1413950. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel.</em> 52 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on lobsters, cephalopods, starfishes and fish, such as cod, herring and flatfish [details]Distribution Atlantic: Barents Sea and Iceland to Morocco; rare in the Northwestern Mediterranean, off southern Greenland, and Canada. [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found mainly at depths of 100- 400 m, on rocky bottoms. [details] Importance Social- Highly Comercial, fishery and gamefish [details] Reproduction Spawning occurs from March to June; external fertilization; fecundity may reach 20- 60 million eggs per female [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Molva molva) To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To FishSounds To GenBank (111955 nucleotides; 58 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To PESI To ITIS Unreviewed
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